Steel-wool buffer



March 9 1926. 1,576,223

W. H. ROBBNS STEEL WOOL, BUFFER Filed June 5. 1925 MI "ull Ilia.,

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?atented Mar. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT `FFIQII.

WILLIAM H. ROBBINS, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, -ASSIGNOR '120,THE WILLIAMS COM- PANY, OF LONDON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

STEEL-WOOL BUFFER.

Application led .Tune 5, 1925. ASerial No. 35,153.

To aZ whom t may concern:

. Be it known that I, IVILLIAM H. RoBINs,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, liave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steel-7001 Buffers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to a buier and in particular to a buffer employing steel wool.

It isl the object of my invention to provide a buffer composed of layers of steel Wool, the edges of the layers being disposed .for buiiing purposes. It is my object to retain the layers in position by material which will wear away at the same time the steel wool 1s consumed by the buiiing operation.

It is a further object to provide a buffer which will be very cheap to manufacture which can be readily assembled by relatively unskilled labor and which because of its cheapness can be used in large quantities.

Referring to the drawings ,z

Figure 1 is a section of the buffer in assembled position before being stitched in its final compressed form;

Figure 2 is a similar view with the buffer suitably stitched showing the stitchings;

Figure 3 is a perspective of the buffer showing the buffer in its completed condition.

Referring to the drawings, it will be observed that the buffer consists of a plurality of superimposed spaced layers of steel wool 1 which have a central apeiture 2 passing through the bilder. Separating these layers of steel wool and embracing the layerson either side are a series of disks of textile niaterial or other material which may beeasily stitchedtogether by the spiral stitching 5 with the result that a composite buiiing wheel is formed of alternate layers of tex-- tile material and steel wool, the latter being compressed. Due to the fact that the stitching is spiral the buiing wheel will hold t0- gether eventhough successive lines of the stitching are worn away with the Wool and textile material. The central aperture is useful for the purpose, of course, of mounting the buffing wheel on the butiing wheel shaft.

It will be understood that when I refer t0 a buliiiig wheel I am using the term generically and mean to include within it any form of buing member. For instance, I do not desire to confine myself to a wheel as my 1nvention may be embodied in other forms than wheels for scouring, polishing, or buiiing purposes and my claim should be read and understood vwith that in mind when I refer to the term bufiing wheel as a convenient means of classifying this invention in buiing articles.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifi-- cations as may be necessary to adaptit to varying conditions and 'uses' within the scope of the claim. i f

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to Secure by Letters Patent, i s

In a buffer the combination of a plurality of spaced layersv of steel wool, retaining disks interposed between said layers of steel aul wool and being of material adapted to be worn away with the steel wool during bufing and a spiral stitching through said wool and retaining disks proceec ing progressively from the center of the buffer tol the margin 7 `thereof completely therethrough, said buffer having a central aperture for mounting of the'bufer on a shaft.

In testimony whereof, I aix m signature.

WILLIAM H. R BBINS. 

